Adjunct Faculty

Research Interests

Entomology, Ants

Research Description

Objectives:

1. Explore mechanisms driving the accumulation of restricted-range species at regional and local levels in the southwest Indian Ocean.
2. Apply knowledge on the origin and radiation of arthropods across the southwest Indian Ocean to inform and aid…[read more]
   

Research Interests

Entomology

Research Description

In the past 150 years 500 species of goblin spiders have been described: we estimate that the true number is greater than 2000.  We are attempting to compress several lifetimes worth of work into 7…[read more]

Research Interests

Systematics, biogeography, evolution, and natural history of carabid beetles

Research Description

• Systematics, biogeography, evolution, and natural history of carabid beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae).
• Changes in the altitudinal distributions of montane carabid beetles as indicators of climate change.
• Biogeography, ecology, and evolution of high-altitude, montane organisms and faunas.
• General aspects of…[read more]
  

Research Interests

Remote sensing, image processing

Research Interests

Forestry

Research Description

My research focus is on applied aspects of wildlife conservation and population ecology of mammals with emphases in predator-prey systems, behavioral ecology, and the ecological effects of introduced species on native ecosystems.

Research Interests

Forest Ecology, Silviculture, Giant Sequoia restoration and ecology